Lonesome Road Blues

I'm walking down that lonesome lane Hung down my head and cried I weeped and I cried under a willow tree Then I faced the deep blue sea My mama's dead, papa can't be found And my brother's on the county road Says, I done been to that long plank walk And I'm on my way back home You did cause me to weep, you did cause me to moan You did cause me to leave my home I cried last night and the night before And I swore not to cry no more You did cause me to weep, you did cause me to moan You did cause me to leave my home I got no money and they call me no honey I have to weep and moan In 1800 in the '99 He got killed on that streetcar line They took him down that smoky road Brought him back on that coolin' board Says, I been down to that water's edge That's far as I care to go Then run here, mama, and fall in your daddy's breast These blues gonna let me rest Your fast mail train comin' 'round the curve It done killed my little brownie dead Her head was found in that driver wheel And her body, it have never been seen